Eugene Lim

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Eugene Lim (born 1983) is a businessperson from Singapore who is the founder and CEO of The Assembly Place. [1]

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Early life and education

Eugene Lim grew up in a middle-income family living in an HDB flat. [2] He attended the University of London, earning a degree in Business Administration and Management. [2]

Career

Before he joined the real estate industry, he was a hip-hop dancer and instructor. He has investments in two dancing schools: Distinct Creative Arts and One Dance Asia. [2]

He worked his way up to head of project marketing at Knight Frank, before becoming director at 29 [2] . He also worked for six years at Oxley Holdings, overseeing the marketing and sales of local and overseas projects for the group [2] .

After being in the real estate industry for 17 years, Lim founded The Assembly Place, a co-living brand in Singapore in 2019. [1] [3] The company started with six rooms in a landed home and has since grown to offer approximately 2000 keys. [4] [5] [6] In 2024, The Assembly Place, together with its JV partner TS group, received a Ministry of Health Holdings contract to house more than 1180 foreign healthcare workers in Singapore [7] . The company during that same month also received a contract to manage Serene Centre, a mixed development with F&B, retail and 90 rooms of service apartments that is slated to open in the first quarter of 2025 [1] [8] .

Lim also serves on the board of Art House Limited, a public company under the National Arts Council of Singapore, [9] and is a board member of Singapore Athletics. [10]

Personal life

Lim is married to a career adviser at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and they have one son. The family lives in a freehold house in the Thomson area. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oh, Samuel (22 February 2024). "Co-living player The Assembly Place eyes pole position, overseas expansion". The Business Times. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tan, Sue-Ann (14 April 2024). "Me & My Money: From undergraduate real estate agent to CEO of S'pore's largest co-living operator". The Straits Times. ISSN   0585-3923 . Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Chow, Cecilia (30 March 2022). "The Assembly Place acquires fellow co-living operator Commontown Singapore". edgeprop.sg. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "The Assembly Place Launches Its Largest Co-Living Space Till Date". Yahoo Finance. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2025.[ dead link ]
  5. ↑ "The Assembly Place: 1,000 rooms today, targeting 3,000 by end of next year". Yahoo Finance. 29 September 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Co-living startup The Assembly Place acquires peer operator Commontown Singapore". The Business Times. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Mokthar, Atiqah (20 February 2024). "The Assembly Place-TS Group JV bags contract for foreign healthcare workers' lodging facilities". Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 4 June 2025.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ↑ "Serene Centre in Bukit Timah sold for S$105 million, to undergo year-long renovation from April". CNA. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "About Us - Our Board". Arts House Limited. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  10. ↑ David Lee (16 September 2022). "Athletics: Lien Choong Luen to lead Singapore Athletics for another 4 years". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
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